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Has a World Baseball Classic game ever ended 18-2?

Exactly once. On March 3, 2006, Japan beat China 18-2, and no World Baseball Classic game before or since has ended that way. When it happened it was a scorigami, the first 18-2 in league history.

Where 18-2 sits among nearby World Baseball Classic scores. Deeper blue means a score has happened more often; the outlined cell is the new one.

That makes 18-2 the 47th most common final score out of 80 that have ever occurred in World Baseball Classic. One point away, 19-2 has happened never and 18-3 has happened never.

Every 18-2 in World Baseball Classic history

DateResultSeason
2006-03-03Japan over China2006

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